Baked Kachori Recipe : Enjoy street food, the guilt free way. The otherwise deep fried goodies have taken a healthy turn.
Ingredients of Baked Kachori
50 gms urad daal powder
3 tsp red chili powder
6 tsp dhaniya powder
4 tsp fennel powder
1/4 tsp heeng (asafoetida)
1 tsp yeast
250 gms wheat flour
2 tsp sugar
Water
to taste salt
1-2 tsp oil
How to Make Baked Kachori
Prepare the filling:
1.Put the urad daal powder in a bowl and add water proportionally and mix it well. Leave it to stand for 30 minutes. It should swell and dry.
2.Add red chili powder, fennel powder, salt, dhaniya powder, hing, and make it soft with the help of warm water.
Prepare the kachoris:
1.Take a bowl and add wheat flour, sugar, water and yeast and knead it well. Leave the dough for 1 hour.
2.Add little oil to the dough and start making patties of the dough by stuffing a "pithi" or center filling of urad daal. Roll these with a rolling pin to a size of 6-7 inches diameter.
3.Oil a baking tray and bake it in a preheated oven at 160 degrees till they are crisp and give a light golden brown color.